Vinyl Nightscapes and What You Meant To Me

By Bella Butchery

When we met you were
In a coked hissy-fit
Nose trickled from the drip
Bleak into a split lip

But enough semantics….

I saw you dance on stage
Blinding into a lightshow
Reminding me of a drugged movie star whore
Selling yourself to glares
And go-go girl blues

Lost…
Lost in ambience...

Ambiguity sparkles
And blinks towards
Your mirrored stare
Eyes that mist a translucent haze
While thoughts prove a hateful gaze

Like staring into the light
A delirium of spots and silver smiles…

An electric chrono-counter culture
Time moved an inch to take the sun away
And the city blankets a digital placenta…
A symmetrical skin-graphed
Neon sidewalks and skyscrapers

Walking a tenderloin wonderland
This X was marked in red
Shovels and picks dug for the crime
But cries ripped from the ground
Recording the death of a tear
*june dripped the fall of a star, mapped unparallel beauty of a scar*

Save your Billie Holiday
Stand beside me complex
Because you could never pull it off
Just take another pill
And wash it down with a hallow apology

I spoke in tongues
You spoke in vowels and slurs
All that came out was
*I _o_e _ou*
Mixed into defragmented
Sentence structures



A dead red robin huddled in the brush
*this was meant to hurt you*
.
.
.
Burn the nightscape I so thoroughly adored
And finally
Embrace the dreams I so thoroughly ignored
.
.
.
*time for me to leave, and I don’t know if I will ever return*


And though it all
Emotions left asundure
drowning
will be the last thing we remember


I kept your heart in my pocket
-whispers charred your ear-


Too bad you never kept mine…

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© 2007 just shoot me in the face
Published on Monday, April 2, 2007.     Filed under: "Lyrics"
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  • A former member wrote: Beautiful write! :)

  • TropicalSnowstorm On Monday, February 22, 2016, TropicalSnowstorm (1703)By person wrote:

    Wonderful piece! The visuals are vicious and they sting...but the story told is compelling. Ciao, T/S Scholar

  • Dancing_Monkey On Thursday, March 6, 2008, Dancing_Monkey (1246)By person wrote:

    This write is still great.

  • sIo On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, sIo (926)By person wrote:

    this is intense. i adore the rhyme scheme of the beginning. i need to read more of your work.

  • A former member wrote: I enjoy your work and really liked this one. You put words together beautifully. =)

  • Moonflower On Saturday, May 19, 2007, Moonflower (301)By person wrote:

    wonderful.

  • Trigger On Thursday, May 17, 2007, Trigger (70)By person wrote:

    Magnificant. Complexity dancing arount one simple subject. Brilliant.

  • Dancing_Monkey On Thursday, May 17, 2007, Dancing_Monkey (1246)By person wrote:

    This work demands comments.. so here is my one comment. Love the word build and a few lasting lines in a downwards pyramid.. whatever you desire, words on fire.. I dont know.. *blinks and dances off*

  • Mylissa On Monday, May 14, 2007, Mylissa (845)By person wrote:

    I didn't realize this was you...Cloud. sheeshhhhhh I am losing it. lol!

  • BeautifullyRuined On Sunday, May 13, 2007, BeautifullyRuined (94)By person wrote:

    Wonderful...dont know what else to say.Loved the ending.

  • Sepulcrawl On Saturday, May 12, 2007, Sepulcrawl (78)By person wrote:

    this was totally good shit, man. i didn't like your use of the word 'tenderloin' but other than that it was immaculate. have a good one, brother

  • Spiritus_Frumenti On Friday, May 11, 2007, Spiritus_Frumenti (341)By person wrote:

    good thing i found you. i loved this piece. lengthy, filled with complexity that sounds so clear. awesome! -l-

  • sixsixnine On Friday, May 11, 2007, sixsixnine (477)By person wrote:

    Damn this is powerful! I felt every word unfold a very familiar feel one that for the first time I enjoyed. Thank u. *669*

  • A former member wrote: It was as if I were hovering above, watching everything play out. This was astounding in the word choice, twisted in its meanings, yet beautiful beyond words that I could ever praise it to be.

  • Army Barbie On Monday, May 7, 2007, Army Barbie (324)By person wrote:

    I felt as if I was dancing naked on a stage, a stripper who didn't mean what she used to mean to the world when she was an innocent child. Heartbreaking. You are 100 percent pure tallent

  • A former member wrote: "An electric chrono-counter culture/Time moved an inch to take the sun away/And the city blankets a digital placenta…" Love your symmetrical style, and really dig the concept of this piece; that cyberpunk/SpaceNoir feel - the vivid imagery: ...

  • Tonights Decision On Friday, April 27, 2007, Tonights Decision (137)By person wrote:

    lonley ambient city angst,and the smell of my vinyl collection that holds so much stained history.. i drink this deep

  • prettydisgrace On Friday, April 27, 2007, prettydisgrace (96)By person wrote:

    Lovely write- written very beautifully. (BUT i do think u should change your name back to Just shoot.. just an opinion) you write wicked poems.

  • Aurora_Light On Monday, April 23, 2007, Aurora_Light (472)By person wrote:

    I read this a few times before I commented on it, this work seems to hit me and causes me to think deeply about ... well about my past mostly well done

  • A former member wrote: "Eyes that mist a translucent haze While thoughts prove a hateful gaze" your poetry always astounds me..and the ending of this was outstanding. brilliant.

  • Disassembly Boy On Wednesday, April 18, 2007, Disassembly Boy (61)By person wrote:

    I said this before, and I'll say it again.. your words kill something inside of me...but so beautifully.. this was astounding.

  • Mylissa On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, Mylissa (845)By person wrote:

    This weaved so much beauty and passion, intesity filled with desire. Perfect.

  • slow.burn.star On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, slow.burn.star (84)By person wrote:

    Thanks for the credit. But my how you've grown and changed... it's pretty amazing to see the birth of this poet. Your first poetry, to now... it's pretty astounding.

  • slow.burn.star On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, slow.burn.star (84)By person wrote:

    I very much loved this one. Some of your lines are just so fresh and inspiring... and thank you for my CD.. x. S...

  • slow.burn.star On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, slow.burn.star (84)By person wrote:

    I _o_e _ou

  • Jonas On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, Jonas (720)By person wrote:

    it's hard to impart sincerity without melodrama with text... that said, i enjoyed reading this piece very much.

  • Sin On Tuesday, April 17, 2007, Sin (1168)By person wrote:

    in your writes a lot of times i seem them as a tragic romance..like Bogart struting only newage so its more like jazz house strippers and punks...and you always deliver with a teeth rattling jolt, much respect ~kristy

  • carlosjackal On Monday, April 16, 2007, carlosjackal (3010)By person wrote:

    This was gutting to read..as beautiful as the words are, the pain seared right on through between. There's also a confusion in the pain, as though you just weren't ready for it to end..Stunning wordage, stunning write!

  • GraveFlower On Monday, April 16, 2007, GraveFlower (249)By person wrote:

    so crushing, it sucks how that works, you put so much devotion into one and they screw you over.....loved it, i admire your work, every thing so detailed, crushing, heartbreaking...awesome ~*dani*~

  • Lynaes On Tuesday, April 3, 2007, Lynaes (859)By person wrote:

    "Too bad you never kept mine".. I am shaken to the core.. "you spoke in tongues".. this is swimming around inside my heart, it's words are echoing right through me... instantly a favourite. You stun me over and over.

  • A former member wrote: My heart almost stopped when I saw you posted. :) Amazing as always. -Marlena

  • A former member wrote: i ache. ♥

  • A former member wrote: and i keep coming back to it.. i don't know what to do.

  • Disassembly Boy On Monday, April 2, 2007, Disassembly Boy (61)By person wrote:

    So happy to see another posting from you.. I love your words and I love your imagery... aaah!! makes me wanna scream. :) you rule. THIS rules.. yup

  • Bella Butchery On Monday, April 2, 2007, Bella Butchery (724)By person wrote:

    *this was meant to hurt you* coined by slow.burn.star *heart*

  • Tania On Monday, April 2, 2007, Tania (197)By person wrote:

    This is beautiful...so emotional. i feel you have poured your heart right out onto the page.. you dont cease to stun me.. im enthralled.

  • Mylissa On Monday, April 2, 2007, Mylissa (845)By person wrote:

    I agree with everything said before, this is magical...you have a way with words.

  • Spiked Tongue On Monday, April 2, 2007, Spiked Tongue (22)By person wrote:

    beautiful expression of feelings! we are one step closer to understanding whats inside you ~ though i'd be willing to guess we still couldn't wrap our minds around it all

  • A former member wrote: This was mindshattering! "Burn the nightscape I so thoroughly adored And finally Embrace the dreams I so thoroughly ignored". Fantastic write!

  • A former member wrote: I never feel worthy enough to comment on your work.Just let me say that your talent blows me away everytime..~M

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